Forests, discourses, institutions

Arts, B.J.M.; Buizer, Marleen

doi:10.1016/j.forpol.2008.10.004

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“…These programs and the discourses surrounding them form core objects of my analysis here. Understanding the processes of power and their social-ecological outcomes involves not only the assessment of what policies and programs say they will do, but also how they work out in practice (see Arts and Buizer 2009). The research approach thus maintained an analytic dualism between these dimensions, employing both the analysis of policies and project documentation (project reports, management plans, etc.…”

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“…Since its beginning, the active management of Xe Pian depended almost entirely on funding from foreign conservation NGOs and donors, pointing again to the role of these actors in operationalizing power in the NPA (Arts and Buizer 2009). The possibility of sustainably financing conservation through the commodification of forest carbon prompted the WWF to initiate the Xe Pian REDD+ project in 2013, beginning a new phase in the management of the protected area.…”

Section: The Neoliberal Market and The Commodification Of Xe Pian Npamentioning

confidence: 99%

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Not just another variable: untangling the spatialities of power in social–ecological systems

Ingalls¹

2017

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ABSTRACT. Increased attention has been paid to how the spatial dimensions of social-ecological systems are formative in shaping their ability to negotiate change and remain resilient. This paper moves this research further by exploring how diverse forms of power play a crucial role in shaping these spatial dimensions and the production of social-ecological outcomes. Grounding these explorations in a National Protected Area in Lao PDR, this paper explores how power relationships operate through the spatial and temporal domains of complex systems. Findings suggest (at least) four important insights: (1) the exercise of power materializes in policies and programs and becomes written onto the spaces of social-ecological systems through boundary creation, zonation, and other social processes that (re)define spatial meanings; these meanings vary by social actor; (2) policies and programs map out unevenly across space and time as they interact with antecedent social-ecological conditions in ways that preclude linear causal relationships between policy and outcomes; (3) although local in their expression, spatialized disputes in social-ecological systems draw on cross-scalar discourses and networks of power to bolster, undermine, and (de)legitimize competing environmental and social narratives; and (4) however powerful institutions and actor-networks may be, they are never fully hegemonic as they are attenuated by other discourses and operations of power, although these all play out across a highly uneven sociopolitical terrain. Paying greater attention to the spatial and temporal dynamics of power may be much more than a project of introducing yet another variable into the already complex admixture of analytic elements. Rather, by rendering these explicit as objects of analysis, common insights may change entirely or even be overturned.

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Section: Research Setting and Methodsmentioning

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Section: The Neoliberal Market and The Commodification Of Xe Pian Npamentioning

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Not just another variable: untangling the spatialities of power in social–ecological systems

Ingalls¹

2017

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“…Scientists who are dealing with discourse do not regard humans as homo economicus or homo sociologicus but rather as homo interpreter. By this, they mean that people do not act out of ratio or social norms and values but rather out of (collective) ideas and interpretations of the world (Arts & Buizer, 2009). Discourse is therefore, seen as the outcome of human (inter)action.…”

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“…Some examples are discourse as text, discourse as communication, discourse as frame, and discourse as social practice (Arts & Buizer, 2009). In daily life discourse is often associated with discussion.…”

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Sustainable Development: The Role of Scientific Literature in Dutch Municipal Spatial Planning

Vroom¹,

Straalen²

2016

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The objective of this article is to show how Dutch municipalities use scientific literature about sustainable development in their spatial planning policies and processes. The approach to this research is twofold. First, we conducted a literature review that summarized the most important discourses in the international and Dutch literature. Secondly, we interviewed Dutch municipalities and asked them how they interpret and define sustainable (spatial) development, how they keep up with the quick developments surrounding sustainability and how they approach sustainable development in their own planning practices. Results show that many municipalities claimed to interpret sustainable development in a broad manner and claim to use a sufficient amount of scientific literature, but their planning practices suggest otherwise. We conclude that the trichotomy 'international scientific literature -national professional literature -planning practice' is not self-evident within Dutch sustainable (spatial) development.

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“…Fischer and Forester 1993, Hajer and Wagenaar 2003, Arts and Buizer 2009 draw attention to policy processes as contests between forms of discourse, that is, the language and practices through which meaning is given to physical and social realities, including policy problems and their potential solutions (Arts andBuizer 2009, Den Besten et al 2014). The coexistence of distinct and competing discourses leads policy actors to form coalitions to strengthen certain discourses and constrain others (Hajer 1993, 1995, Arts and Buizer 2009). Following Hajer (1993, we define a discourse coalition as an "ensemble of a set of storylines, the actors that utter these storylines, and the practices that conform to these storylines."…”

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Multistakeholder environmental governance in action: REDD+ discourse coalitions in Tanzania

Rantala¹,

Gregorio²

2014

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ABSTRACT. Balancing interests to achieve legitimate and effective policies is a primary and pressing challenge in countries' efforts to prepare their national reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD+) strategies. Using Tanzania as a country case, we investigated the most polarizing policy discourses and assessed the influence of competing discourse coalitions on the drafting of the national REDD+ strategy. We combined discourse and social network analysis to identify discourse coalitions and assess their influence. The findings indicate that the national REDD+ strategy largely reflects the positions of the discourse coalition that is controlled by powerful state actors who support central control of REDD+ financial mechanisms. The competing coalition, led by civil society organizations, has limited influence on the national strategy, despite discursive congruence and concerted political action. The findings further indicate that discursive practices and institutional rules codetermine policy outcomes.

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Forests, discourses, institutions

Cited by 280 publications

References 25 publications

Not just another variable: untangling the spatialities of power in social–ecological systems

Not just another variable: untangling the spatialities of power in social–ecological systems

Sustainable Development: The Role of Scientific Literature in Dutch Municipal Spatial Planning

Multistakeholder environmental governance in action: REDD+ discourse coalitions in Tanzania

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Forests, discourses, institutions

Cited by 280 publications

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Not just another variable: untangling the spatialities of power in social&#8211;ecological systems

Not just another variable: untangling the spatialities of power in social&#8211;ecological systems

Sustainable Development: The Role of Scientific Literature in Dutch Municipal Spatial Planning

Multistakeholder environmental governance in action: REDD+ discourse coalitions in Tanzania

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